I am sure I am not alone in being a parent of a child who has begged me to take him to watch Wall-E at the cinema since the film first started being advertised a few months ago. Disney Pixar's latest wonderful collaboration had my son hooked from the first ad on TV. He laughed his head off and I thought, 'How could I deny that?!' So, last week, with rubbish British Summer weather, we headed off to our local cinema for pick'n'mix and some Disney magic.

Wall-E is set in a future where the world has changed. The company Buy'N'Large has monopolised the world and turned it into a rubbish site, with piles off rubbish littering its entirety. The human race has long since discovered space travel and made the trip into space on a huge space boat to live until Earth is suitable for a return. Back on Earth, we meet Wall-E, a robot designed to compact all the rubbish in its 'belly' and stack it neatly. Wall-E is on his own except for a little bug which seems to be his pet, until a large spaceship lands, leaving a more modern robot named Eve, who has been sent by the spaceship to find proof that life is once again sustainable on Earth.

My Opinion

What Pixar have done here is again another challenge. With a number of successes under their belts as well as a collaboration with Disney, you would expect them to do what most other companies would do - relax and go with the flow, keep doing what they do and stay within the comfort zone, guaranteeing a decent return. But what I admire about this film is the ambition and daring involved. They have pushed themselves here to make something they are not comfortable with and which carried a bit of risk. Let's face it, the idea of watching a recycling robot trawl around a deserted Earth for half an hour with no other company seems rather drab. Yet I found myself as open-mouthed and amused as my 4 year old son sitting next to me. Such a clever film and with comedic moments that make you forget you're watching computer animation and makes you feel like you're in the film itself.

Overall, I'm giving this film 5 stars. It's another notch on Pixar's congratulations belt, and the best thing is there is bound to be better to come. With DreamWorks producing gems such as the Shrek series and the recent hilarious comedy animation Kung Fu Panda, the two companies will no doubt keep pushing each other to do better, with the winners being us, the general viewing public. I eagerly await Pixar's next moment of genius. They've conquered computer animation underwater with Finding Nemo, they've sucessfully done the same with space, so now what's next. Bring on what you've got, Pixar. We're waiting!